March 21, 2008
HELIX nominated for Hugo!!!!
As you know, Bobs and Bobettes, I'm the "Communications Officer" for Helix. This means I shovel the spam out of the mailbox, open hailing channels, and forward genuine queries to the editors. (I do NOT wear a miniskirt, though.)
I'm inordinately proud to announce that Helix has been nominated for a Hugo award in the "Best Semi-Prozine" catagory, to be voted on and awarded at Denvention.
Even if we don't win, the nomination isa pretty nice validation of our existence.
W00T!!!1!
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February 26, 2008
The Importance of Grammar
Think double negatives aren't no big deal? Think again. In this case, a UK man was acquitted of violating a restraining order because it "prohibited" him from "not doing certain things" like throwing rocks at his neighbors house. So if you're prohibited from not throwing rocks, well, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
These charges were dismissed, and the restraining order rewritten, correctly this time.
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February 11, 2008
Baycon Invite
Whee! I got my invite to Baycon, held in Santa Clara this year over Memorial Day weekend. Tim Powers is GoH; should be fun.
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January 07, 2008
New Issue of HELIX up
Now that the blog is functioning again I should mention that the superlative HELIX has had a new issue up since the New Year; check it out for these stories:
* "Suicide Drive" by Charlie Anders
* "Seraphim" by Maya Bohnhoff
* "Night of the Living POTUS" by Adam-Troy Castro
* "The Last Man's First Year on Earth" by David W. Goldman
* "Salvager's Gold" by Selina Rosen
* "Family Tree" by Vaughan Stanger
* "Drooling Wizards" by Laura J. Underwood
If you like it give us money ("Us" because, full disclosure, I am the Communications Officer, i.e. first line reader of all the email.) since that's the only way we can pay such excellent writers.
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